In today's Legends & Lore, Mike Mearls stated that: "Back at Gen Con last year, we announced that we were once again going to make certain titles of classic D&D material available for purchase as PDF files. I'm happy to announce that our friends over at DrivethruRPG.com are offering the first of many waves of classic content through our new PDF store DnDClassics.com!" Please note that DrivethruRPG.com is experiencing exceptionally heavy traffic following the announcement. We apologize for any downtime and look forward to DnDClassics.com's opening, where D&D titles from past editions will be available.

I would like to see a release plan / schedule and the core rule books. It is nice to see they have finally decided to release this material to us. Following up and supprting this effort will help strengthen WotC's new and future releases.

the previews of the files seem pretty clean and clear, which is excellent.

...I just hope that when it comes to box sets with poster maps those maps are scanned as single images instead of broken up by pages

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Expand, open the archives. Do something for the Tsr Fans. This is only a trickle of what Wotc has inherited from Tsr. I want to see it all. Obviously you are making money if the traffic is crashing the site every day, and it is!

Is there any possibility of Print-on-Demand for these? I like having the pdfs available, but there's a few where I'd like a hardcopy too. I assume it won't happen with the PHB/DMG/MM series as they're being reprinted, but would others be possible?

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But...no Dragonlance in the initial release!? I want to buy all of the original modules, not the Classics bundles, but the Dragons of Despair, etc. Please release them in a nice bundle on the next wave!!

Does anyone else think that a majority of these prices are too high for a PDF? I've found cheaper copies of some paper books. I mean, $9.99 for a document? I'd pay maybe $2.99, but anything more is just crazy.

Does anyone else think that a majority of these prices are too high for a PDF? I've found cheaper copies of some paper books. I mean, $9.99 for a document? I'd pay maybe $2.99, but anything more is just crazy.

I agree with you! Why so much for a file download? Well the answer is simple...greed! The human condition is sick...

Is there any possibility of Print-on-Demand for these? I like having the pdfs available, but there's a few where I'd like a hardcopy too. I assume it won't happen with the PHB/DMG/MM series as they're being reprinted, but would others be possible?

I also would like a hard copies of these titles but as long as WotC is making $$$$$$$$$$$ on PDFs why would they care about hard copies. I hate PDFs! They are so hard to work with and feel lacking when compared to hard copies of the same thing.

Honestly, if TSR had most of their adventures on PDF why back in the late '70s I probably would of never stuck it out this long with enjoying/playing rpgs. Hard copies are what made this and other rpgs GREAT...not expansive PDFs!

Is there any possibility of Print-on-Demand for these? I like having the pdfs available, but there's a few where I'd like a hardcopy too. I assume it won't happen with the PHB/DMG/MM series as they're being reprinted, but would others be possible?

I also would like a hard copies of these titles but as long as WotC is making $$$$$$$$$$$ on PDFs why would they care about hard copies. I hate PDFs! They are so hard to work with and feel lacking when compared to hard copies of the same thing.

Honestly, if TSR had most of their adventures on PDF why back in the late '70s I probably would of never stuck it out this long with enjoying/playing rpgs. Hard copies are what made this and other rpgs GREAT...not expansive PDFs!

I think you might want to look at the thread on the top of the board. They're releasing hardcopies of the core books for the 3 earlier editions, as well as a couple accessories, and two sets of OOP modules. It's highly likely there'll be even more later this year as the schedule only goes to July.

Also, It's $9.99 for a copy that will never fall apart, never get a drink spilled on it, cannot decay or be destroyed, so long as you backup your purchase, it's effectively permanent.